Research Assistant: modeling of the relationship between functional MRI (fMRI) and diffusion MRI data
Application Period: May 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Contact: amir.shmuel@mcgill.ca
Master's students and PhD students who completed the degree in December 2024 or are about to complete their degree in April 2025 are encouraged to apply.
Job Description:
- Position Title: Research Assistant: Classification of patients and healthy subjects based on MRI data
- Hiring Unit: Neurology and Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering
- Work location: 3801 University St., room NW 255
- Hours/Week: Approximately 35 (Full time) during the summer
- Duration: May 1st – September 30th, 2025 (extension possible)
- Hourly Wage: The salary is commensurate with the candidate’s skills and experience.
Primary Duties
- A research assistant position is open at the Montreal Neurological Institute Brain Imaging Centre.
- The candidate will use existing software packages to model the relationship between functional MRI (fMRI) and diffusion MRI data.
Education/Experience
- The ideal candidate holds a Master’s or Ph.D. degree from the ECE, Software Engineering, or Computer Science programs.
- They should have excellent programming, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ideally, they should have previous knowledge of signal processing, image processing, statistics, machine learning/AI, and MRI.
- Ideally, they should have knowledge and experience in git, remote computing, containerization technology, experience with Python.
- Knowledge of neuroimaging analysis software and methods and in modern Data Science is an asset.
- Willingness to learn new data analysis techniques, neuroscience, and brain imaging is an asset.
How to Apply:
Please submit a cover letter, cv, and all your University transcripts to amir.shmuel@mcgill.ca.
